Brakes grabby at low speeds
We've got a new TT, with a Prodigy P3!brake controller. Brakes work great and smooth at road speeds, but at campground/parking lot speeds they are grabby. I've tried different boost settings, and vo...
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deltabravo wrote:
New brakes is the problem. Trailer brakes don't work all that great until they have quite a few start / stop cycles on them. In other words, they need to be burned in.
I did RV transport for 2 years. I ALWAYS had to run my brake controller at max setting to get much braking action for the first part of the trip. By the time i reached my destination 224 miles later, the brakes were working better, but just barely, because the trip didn't involve much stopping and starting.
Absolutely wrong.
OP SAID it did this with a previous popup and a different tow vehicle but SAME CONTROLLER.
"New" brakes often are LESS effective until they "BED IN" to the drums.
The problem is the CONTROLLER and/or SETTINGS of the controller.
The controller is overshooting while driving slow and OK while driving at highway speeds.
OP NEEDS to reread the setup instructions for the controller and follow them to the "T".
If I remember correctly, you use the BOOST settings for higher speeds and remove the boost settings for slow speeds and backing up..
A P3 is not a "set and forget" controller, it does require some slight adjustments as you tow if you don not wish to feel this..
To some folks the grabby feel is acceptable and some folks the grabby feel drives them crazy..
It is the reason I skipped those types of controllers and used Jordan Ultima 2020 controllers until I got a vehicle with IBC.
OP will need to find a compromise in settings that still gives decent braking but not as much low speed grab..
